Construction Manager

Title: Construction Safety Manager

Location: Belleville, ON, Canada

Duration: 10+ Months (Possible Extension)

Shift & Timing: Regular Business Hours

Pay Range: $65.00-75/Hour on W2

Job Description:

• Construction Safety Manager / Construction Safety Specialist will provide construction safety leadership, field oversight, coaching, and compliance auditing for industrial construction projects at the client’s plant.
• The role will work closely with the client’s Construction Safety Manager, general contractors, project managers, engineers, construction managers, and contractors to identify high-risk activities, strengthen construction safety management systems, verify implementation of safety controls, and ensure corrective actions are completed effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Construction Safety Leadership: Provide coaching and guidance to the client’s Construction Safety Manager on industry best practices, construction safety systems, risk management, and continuous improvement.
• Field Safety Oversight: Conduct regular job-site inspections and audit construction safety controls against contractual requirements, approved procedures, and applicable Ontario health and safety regulations.
• High-Risk Activity Assessment: Collaborate with general contractors to evaluate construction procedures and work methods, identify high-risk activities, and verify that appropriate risk controls and preventive measures are implemented.
• Industrial Construction Safety: Oversee safety across industrial building construction, structural steel installation, rigging and lifting, manufacturing equipment installation, process piping, electrical installation, greenfield and brownfield projects, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Contractor Safety Governance: Conduct contractor safety prequalification reviews, audit contractor safety programs, assess field execution, and monitor compliance with client safety expectations.
• Safety Documentation Review: Review Job Safety Analyses (JSAs/JSLs), Field-Level Risk Assessments (FLRAs), lift plans, confined space permits, hot work permits, and energization plans to verify that hazards and controls are adequately addressed.
• Risk Management and Safety Observations: Apply construction risk prediction tools, behavioral safety observations, hazard recognition, and field coaching to proactively identify and mitigate unsafe conditions and behaviors.
• Incident Investigation: Lead or support incident investigations, identify root causes, recommend corrective and preventive actions, and verify implementation to prevent recurrence.
• Corrective Action Management: Track safety findings, coordinate follow-ups with responsible parties, and confirm that corrective actions are completed and sustained.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate safety reviews with project managers, engineers, construction managers, and contractors. Influence stakeholders without direct authority and challenge unsafe practices, exercising stop-work authority when required.
• Compliance and Reporting: Maintain accurate safety records, prepare audit reports, document field observations, and support compliance with applicable Ontario legislation and Ministry of Labour inspection requirements.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience supervising construction safety on industrial construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience with industrial buildings, structural steel installation, rigging and lifting operations, manufacturing equipment installation, process piping, and electrical installation.
• Experience supporting greenfield and brownfield construction, including commissioning and startup activities.

• Strong working knowledge of:
• Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
• Ontario Regulation 213/91 – Construction Projects.
• Industrial Establishments Regulation.
• Ontario construction project notification requirements and constructor responsibilities.
• Ministry of Labour inspection and enforcement processes.
• Experience using construction safety management tools, including risk prediction, hazard assessments, and behavioral safety observation programs.
• Demonstrated experience in contractor prequalification, contractor safety program audits, field compliance assessments, and safety governance.
• Ability to review JSLs/JSAs, FLRAs, lift plans, confined space permits, hot work permits, and energization plans.
• Proven capability in incident investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective action tracking, safety coaching, and mentoring.
• Experience managing construction safety activities within an industrial client plant.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, written documentation, and audit-reporting skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority, challenge unsafe work, and exercise stop-work authority when necessary.
• Ability to work on the construction job site for at least 4 hours per day.

Preferred Qualifications

Education and Professional Certifications

• Degree or diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, Construction Management, Industrial Technology, or a related discipline.
• Equivalent combinations of education and extensive industrial construction safety experience will also be considered.
• Relevant certifications or demonstrated program experience, including:
• COR Auditor Certification or COR program experience.
• CRSP (Canadian Registered Safety Professional).
• CRST (Canadian Registered Safety Technician).
• NSCO (National Construction Safety Officer).
• Gold Seal Certification – Construction Safety Practitioner or Superintendent.

Safety Training

Documented training in the following areas is preferred:

• Working at Heights (Ontario-approved training).
• Confined Space Awareness and Entry.
• Lockout/Tagout (LOTO).
• Fall Protection.
• Hot Work Safety.
• Elevated Work Platform/Aerial Lift Awareness.
• Excavation and Trenching Hazard Awareness.
• Incident Investigation.
• Hazard Recognition and Risk Assessment.

Key Success Factors

• Strong field presence and proactive hazard identification.
• Ability to influence contractors and project stakeholders to maintain safe work practices.
• Effective coaching and mentoring of client personnel and contractor teams.
• Consistent verification of safety controls and closure of corrective actions.
• Commitment to continuous improvement in industrial construction safety performance.